Miguel Pacheco, 32, sits quietly in court Monday while prosecutors lay out their case, charging him with first-degree homicide in the death of his 14-year-old stepson Dameian 'Luke' Gulley.

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A stepfather accused of strangling his teenage stepson to death was ordered to stand trial Monday by a Tulare County judge.

Miguel Pacheco, 32, sat quietly in court while prosecutors laid out their case, charging Pacheco with first-degree homicide in the death of 14-year-old Dameian "Luke" Gulley.

It's the first time since Gulley disappeared that the evidence against Pacheco was released to the public. The prosecutor, Sean Sangree, first called the doctor who performed the autopsy on Gulley. Dr. Gary Walter examined the body on Nov. 22 and testified Gulley died from ligature ...